Box-tray support



March 18, 1930. w, L BUEDlNGEN 1,750,624

80X TM! SUPPORT Original FilQd'JulY 12. 1919 @wvesM wI11I5 In Lfiuedmqem Patented Mar. 18, 1930 UNITED STATES WILLIAM L. nonnmenn, or MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin BOX-TRAY SUPPORT Original application filed July 12, 1919, Serial No. 310,377. Divided and this application filed March 2,

1922. Serial No. 540,471. I

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in box tray supports of that type more especially designed for use in the securing of a tray in a box for candy or other confections, and is a division, as to all common subject matter, of my co-pending application filed July 12, 1919, Serial No.

310,377 upon which Letters Patent No.

1,428,500 issued the 5th day of September, 1922. r

In the packing of candy or other similar confection considerable diliiculty has been experienced in properly securing the tray within the box to prevent the tray from crushing the candy therebeneath.

t is, therefore, one of the objects of this invention to provide an improved type of tray support which will properly support the tray within the box and eliminate the mashing of the contents beneath the tray by the slipping of the tray off its support.

It is another object of this invention to provide a tray support which is readily detachably engageable with the box and upon which the tray is readily removably supported in order that the supports may be purchased independent of the box and tray and inserted in position either before or after the packing of the box and tray.

A more specific object of this invention is to rovide a tray support of the character described which is stamped from a single sheet of material to permit its manufacture in large numbers on an economical scale.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, my invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts substantially as hereinafter described and more particularly defined by the appended claim, it being understood that such changes in the recise embodiment of the hereindisclosed invention may be made as come within the scope of the claim.

In the accompanying drawing, I have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of my invention constructed according to the best mode I have so far devised for the practical ap lication of the 50 principles thereof, and in w ich:

Figure 1 is a side view of one end of a candy box having a tray mounted therein on my improved type of tray support, a part of the box being broken away to illustrate the manner of securing the tray support therein, and

Figure 2 is a perspective view of one wall of a box illustrating one of my improved supports as attached thereto.

Heretofore, it has been the custom to support the tray 5 in its box 6 by a support, usually in the form of a card board filler inserted in the bottom of the box. This form of support has proven objectionable, in that one end of the tray often slips off its support crushing the contents in the lower part of the box.

This objectionable form of box tray support is overcome b my improved type of box tray support, w ich consists of an intermediate part 7, adapted to be confined between the adjacent end walls of the box and tray, a lower laterally struck shelf or support part 8 upon which the adjacent end of the tray bottom rests and an upper hook or loop portion 9 adapted to engage over the adjacent upper edge portion of the box 6.

As illustrated in Figure 2, the central portion of part 7 is preferably cut away to define two parallel arms 10 in order that, in stamping or forming the supports from sheet material, economy of material may be effected.

As will be readily obvious, one of my improved supports ispositioned at each end of a box by merely inserting the edge of the box between the loop or loops 9, the tray being secured in place by insertion in the box to rest on the shelves 8 of the supports.

From the foregoing description taken in con nection with the accompanying drawing, it is readily obvious that the tray will be firmly supported against dislodgement, that by reason of the intermediate part 7 being confined between the adjacent walls of the box and tray, the support is materially reinforced and that the supports can be readily removed or secured in place either before or after the box is packed and requires no special operation for its insertion.

What I claim as my invention is: A support for readily removably securing a tray in the top open portion of a box and formed from bendable sheet metal and hav- 5 ing its medial portion cut away to form two spaced armscon neoted by a transverse part at their inner ends, laterally struck. hook members on the outer ends of the adap ted to be ed event-he djacen dges Q the box to readily removably suspend the tray support therefrom, and a longitudinaltshelf. portion struck inwardly from the transverse V Ra f?' Q HRQQWh Ch Q ray is r ily emovably supported. 7 In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

WILLIAM:v L1. BUEDINGE'N. 

